Your chance to hear what our hospitality people are saying.

“ It is amazing how the sector has come together. Within hospitality recruitment we're speaking to, ultimately, our competitors and are sharing knowledge and have got each other's backs. I don't know what other sectors are doing but certainly in hospitality everybody's come together, even those on furlough and that kind of camaraderie has really been very evident.

It makes me so proud to be part of hospitality."

Sixty Eight People, are a northern based hospitality recruitment consultancy that puts people and their development at the heart of everything they do.

This is the first in our series of Caterer.com Catch Ups, where the team at Caterer.com have regular catch ups with inspiring hospitality people, so they can share with you their views, initiatives and ideas.

“Humanity has changed, we have pressed the reset button. We’re depending on each other a lot more as an industry and this time has given us a lot of time to think”

Beyond Food have transformed their business in response to Covid-19, including the launch of the 24-hour crisis line for those struggling with mental health, financial hardship, feeding themselves and loneliness.

Text BEYONDFOOD to 85258 for free crisis support 24/7

Find out more about beyondfood.org.uk

Only a Pavement Away has developed the Pay Gap Fund to prevent the most vulnerable members of our hospitality community from ending up back on the streets or worse.

We checked in with Greg Mangham who tells us how their Pay Gap Fund is helping OAPA members and about the difference you can make to the lives of your fellow workers during this difficult time.

Find out more: www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk 

Helping Young Talent, Now and into the Future

When the current crisis is over Springboard will be instrumental in getting the UK Hospitality industry back on it’s feet. We have supported this charity for many years and will continue to do so.

We spoke to Anne Pierce from The Springboard Charity about the challenges being experienced by their recipients during this uncertain time and about the many initiatives they have in place to help.

Find out more about The Springboard Charity

Get involved: Send your feedback via our social channels. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – @catererdotcom

We caught up with Mark Lewis, CEO of Hospitality Action, to discuss their Hospitality Emergency Fund and its role in helping hospitality workers during the pandemic. Hospitality Action have partnered with Caterer.com and UKHospitality on the new Hospitality Redeployment Hub to help thousands of hospitality workers into short term employment in other sectors, until hospitality can welcome them back.

Find out more about Hospitality Action’s Emergency Fund and the new Caterer.com Hospitality Redeployment Hub

The sector is doing all it can to pull together and tackle the huge challenge of Covid-19. We caught up with Greg Mangham from Only a Pavement Away on their #PayGapFund appeal and how they’re supporting vulnerable members in the sector right now.

Funds are urgently needed. Please do what you can to help.

Find out more: www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk 

Join host Lancelot Narayan for another fascination discussion in a new episode of Recruiting in Hospitality.

In this edition, we continue our Entry Level Talent conversation and talk about the employment of older workers. We talk about benefits of hiring older workers, misconceptions around hiring.

We take a look at case studies that show success in this area and we try to understand how employers can directly take action to hire older workers.

Joining Lance are:

• Patrick Thomson - Senior Programme Manager for Work at the Centre for Ageing Better

Get involved: Send your feedback via our social channels. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – @catererdotcom

It’s a brand new edition Recruiting in Hospitality from Caterer.com. In each programme, we invite top names from the Hospitality industry to discuss issues concerning employers. We talk recruitment, development and retention and also about matters that affect you and your teams.

In this programme we’ll be looking at the changing face of recruitment in the hospitality sector, we examine fresh approaches and innovations that are happening across the sector and new solutions to recruitment challenges. And we’re going to be looking at the launch of HIRE, a new and exciting recruitment information network.

Joining host, Lancelot Narayan are:

Chad Smith, Head of Recruitment, Boparan Restaurants

Oli Cavaliero, Head of Talent Management, Honest Burgers

Natasha Nagra, Group Talent Resourcing Manager, Kew Green Hotels

Get involved: Send your feedback via our social channels. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – @catererdotcom

In this special edition of Recruiting in Hospitality, we look back on our programmes so far and bring you a reminder of some of the fascinating discussions we’ve had in 2019.

In addition, host Lancelot Narayan is joined by Sarah Hammond from Hush Restaurants, James Grist from D&D London and Hayley Connor from Brewhouse and Kitchen to talk about their year and we get their opinions on upcoming recruiting trends for 2020.

Get involved: Send your feedback via our social channels. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn – @catererdotcom

The latest episode of Recruiting in Hospitality is here. In this supplementary edition, we bring you a recording of a panel discussion Caterer.com held in November concentrating on issues around employing untapped talent; ex-offenders, the homeless and veterans.

We explore why Hospitality employers should consider these groups, and the benefits to your business.

 Taking part are: 

• Alex Head (Social Pantry)

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